Yup, you read that right. Thought this was going to be some drama post, huh? Well, put the salt back on the rim of that margarita Sugar, and listen to me for a sec. (That autocorrected to sexy, and I almost left it there just to ba-dumsh my point, ha!) 

So here’s the deal, I really wish we told our closest humans how much we value them a heck of a lot more often-to. their. face. Their qualities, their characteristics, the uniqueness that makes them so special. I wish we said on a regular basis, “you’re so beautiful”, “I can’t believe I get to have you in my life”, “the kind of happiness you bring me is irreplaceable”. (For those of you gagging already, quiet in the cheap seats!)

I don’t know about you, but I hear compliments on the regular from people I don’t know, opinions I don’t value from people I’ve only just encountered (not trying to be rude, just honest). These comments are based purely on sight. They’ve never had a conversation with me, they’ve only just boarded the plane. But sometimes I find myself wishing someone that knew me, like actually knew me, would talk like that to me. Be that bold and upfront stranger saying what they see so positively in me.

You know whose opinions I would value? Those I love. The people I look up to. The inhabitants of my very, very small circle. The ones who matter the most to me. Why? Because they are the ones who have seen my flaws too. I think too often we take for granted that “they must know”, “of course they know I love them”, “they’re beautiful”, “how lovely that smile of theirs is” … etc, etc. But then why is it that we speak about it most often when they’re not around?

Thomas Rhett wrote a new song called Notice, and although I think it’s beautiful, the lyrics are saying how much he loves her and brags about her when she’s not around. She thinks he doesn’t notice because he hasn’t told her! Why not brag in front of her? Or better yet, brag to her about the prize he feels he has. Same goes for friendships, same for the ones you get to call family.

What if we told the actual person one thing you love about them *daily?

Do you think you’d run out of things to say? I doubt it. Email me if you do, I’ll be sure to send you an amazon link for a Webster dictionary. Free two-day shipping!

Do you think it would get annoying? “New world record, person dies from having been over-loved!” Yeah, also, pigs flying in the background of that page would be cool. Just sayin’.

Okay, fine. Some days it could feel like overkill, some days you’re just too busy, or some days you just don’t feel like it. I get it. Trust me, I do. But guess what? At funerals have you ever heard someone say, “I just told them how much I loved them too often”? No. You hear allllll those nice things without them there.

This is your chance to tell them now, while you have them here.

Truly though, imagine this world full of people having their cups filled with the most precious of things in this world. Love from those they love. Breakups would likely lessen, marriages would strengthen, friendships would become unshakable  bonds.

Love conquers all.

It’s not just a cute saying, it wins.

Every. dang. time.

*Feel free to start with weekly if this feels like Kilimanjaro to you.